Mono Watt – words + noise (13th Floor Album Review)
Mono Watt is a trio comprising James Littlewood, Ross Cunningham and John Pain, collectively encompassing the arts in their visual, aural and written forms.
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Displeasure – ANNIHILATION/BILLIONAIRE DEATH DRIVE (13th Floor Album Review)
Displeasure is a toru piece Whanganui/Te-Whanganui-a-Tara based side-project of stalwart Pōneke punk band Unsanitary Napkin.
Electric Tapestry – Orbiting Bodies (13th Floor EP Review)
Wellington alternative-rock band Electric Tapestry released their fourth EP Orbiting Bodies. The extended-play takes a deep dive into the void kaleidoscopic journey through sound in its sixteen-minute runtime.
Juliana Hatfield – Lightning Might Strike (American Laundromat) (13th Floor Album Review)
Lightning Might Strike is studio album release number 21 for Juliana Hatfield as a solo artist, the latest in a long career that includes 10 more LPs under various band entities including the Blake Babies, The Lemonheads, Some Girls and Minor Alps.
The Waterboys Present: Rips From the Cutting Room Floor (Sun) (13th Floor Album Review)
With Rips From the Cutting Room Floor, The Waterboys push their long-gestating Dennis Hopper project into its widest frame yet.
The Transits – Bleed Hope (13th Floor Album Review)
The Transits return with Bleed Hope, an album that opens at full tilt and rarely lets the listener come up for air across the punchy, pop-punk and rock of its fifteen tracks.
Anna Of The North – Girl In A Bottle (PIAS) (13th Floor Album Review)
Anna Of The North is back with her third LP Girl In A Bottle, an upbeat indie-pop outing. Catching us a hook from the get go, the (half?) of an album is a twenty-minute (twenty-two, perhaps) break of familiarity.
MC50 – 10 MORE (earMUSIC) (13th Floor Album Review)
MC5, essentially just Wayne Kramer, follow on from last year’s album – Heavy Lifting, with a live album; MC50 – 10 More.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Live God (PIAS) (13th Floor Album Review)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds return with Live God, an album that captures the communal energy of the acclaimed Wild God Tour.
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs – Live at the Jenny (Property of the Lost) (13th Floor Album Review)
Portland’s Stetson wearing, hardworking, road warriors Jenny Don’t & The Spurs are currently touring New Zealand, bringing their honky-tonk heart and cowpunk energy to intimate venues across the country.